Quick trip to Utah for Adrianne's Wedding

The day after my birthday we flew out to Utah for our nieces wedding.

When we landed in Salt Lake City, Kristin, one of our sister-in-laws called us and asked us if we wanted 4 tickets to go see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas Concert that evening. Her neighbor had 4 tickets that they weren't able to use. Of course we said YES!

We grabbed a bite to eat and then went and walked around Temple Square and looked at all the pretty Christmas lights until it was time to head to the concert in the conference center.

 

The concert was amazing. Probably one of the best Christmas concerts we have ever seen. Thanks Kris! After the concert we went to Leatherby's for ice cream.

 

We spent most of the day Friday shopping. The girls and I love to shop in Utah. Steve was a good sport and tagged along with us most of the day. Part way through the day we dropped Steve off at Grandma and Grandpa's place so he could visit with them.

Ever since Steve's mom had a stroke a few years ago she lost the use of her left arm. She has always loved sewing and making things and yet she hasn't been able to do any of that since her stroke. In early December Steve made this cool vise tool thing for his mom so that she could stitch some felt Christmas mitten ornaments with her one good hand all on her own.  She made a lot of mittens over the holidays and was having a great time. We were so proud of her.  

Here they are with one of the many pairs of mittens that she made. Pretty cool!
That evening we met all of Steve's brothers and their wives up in Salt Lake for dinner. Mackenzie, Brooklyn and some of the older girl cousins went shopping at the mall while we had dinner.

Saturday morning we woke up to snow. It was so pretty. Adrianne and Matt were married in the Salt Lake temple at 8:30 that morning. It was a beautiful ceremony and so fun to be inside the temple with all of Steve's family.

Mackenzie and Brooklyn with their cousin McCall.

That afternoon they had a wedding reception in Lindon. They had a live jazz band - it was fun to dance and see relatives we haven't seen in a long, long time.Here is Brooklyn dancing with Uncle Kevin (the handsome father of the bride)!

Mackenzie taking a dip from Uncle Chad. Chad is quite the dancer.

Grandma LeBaron with some of her cute grandkids.

Steve even took his mom out on the dance floor for a spin.

Mackenzie, Chelsey, Brooklyn and Jenna. Such beautiful girls.

Mackenzie and Brooklyn with the beautiful bride Adrianne.

Steve, Grandma, Cynthia and Scott watching the bride and groom cut the cake and throw the bouquet and garter.

That evening Steve's family got together at a church and played games, had dinner and enjoyed being together. Uncle Brad made a huge pinata for all the kids to break. It was Yukon Cornelius, one of the characters from the original Rudolph movie.So cute.

 We flew back home early Sunday morning. It was a quick trip but so fun to be there for Adrianne's wedding and to see family.